Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856: Nov. 7, 1808-March 3, 1813D. Appleton, 1857 |
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... Mississippi Territory - George Poindex- ter , Delegate . Two new members , to wit : NATHAN WIL- SON , returned to serve in this House as a mem- ber for New York , in the room of David Tho- mas , who hath resigned his seat , and THOMAS ...
... Mississippi Territory - George Poindex- ter , Delegate . Two new members , to wit : NATHAN WIL- SON , returned to serve in this House as a mem- ber for New York , in the room of David Tho- mas , who hath resigned his seat , and THOMAS ...
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... Mississippi Terri- tory was formerly the property of the State of Georgia , and ceded by that State to the United States on certain conditions , one of which was that the ordinance for the government of the Territory Northwest of the ...
... Mississippi Terri- tory was formerly the property of the State of Georgia , and ceded by that State to the United States on certain conditions , one of which was that the ordinance for the government of the Territory Northwest of the ...
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H. OF R. ] Territorial Governments . [ NOVEMBER , 1808 government of the Mississippi Territory , and that they should not be governed otherwise . The inference inevitably is , that the State of Georgia would not have ceded but upon the ...
H. OF R. ] Territorial Governments . [ NOVEMBER , 1808 government of the Mississippi Territory , and that they should not be governed otherwise . The inference inevitably is , that the State of Georgia would not have ceded but upon the ...
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... Mississippi wishes us not to treat the Territories as children , whose wild extravagances may require correcting by the indulgent hand of their parents , but as the equals of the States , without any other reason than that which he ...
... Mississippi wishes us not to treat the Territories as children , whose wild extravagances may require correcting by the indulgent hand of their parents , but as the equals of the States , without any other reason than that which he ...
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... Territory , which has not met the opposition Stedman , Lewis B. Sturges ... Mississippi Terri- tory to settle lands , against the express provi- sions ... Territory ; but there was a compact exist- ing between the United States and ...
... Territory , which has not met the opposition Stedman , Lewis B. Sturges ... Mississippi Terri- tory to settle lands , against the express provi- sions ... Territory ; but there was a compact exist- ing between the United States and ...
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